TdF 2017 – The final countdown

I could have tried to come up with a more interesting post than last year, but it was easier to just cut/paste the words! So… I have done the tally and come up with the winners. In years past I have dragged this out for a few days, but as the suspense in probably killing you I will cut to the chase and get it done now. Plus, I actually do have some work to do…

Polka Dot Jersey

So the first points tally will be from the Polka Dot jersey. Points awarded for the top 15 in that category. Here are the top 10 and bottom 10 so you can see the drama unfolding.

This year it is not as close as Heartthrobs01 has dominated from week 1. A few other notable players being Superfish, my pick for the win, and Mrs Spunker, who gets a mention in the hope I will ever get a dinner invite again after stitching her up in week 3! So no change in the top 3, but Coast2Coast makes a surge into the top 10. Big mover was Cloggie Dockers up 99 places to 69th. Might be a bit late for him, but a good run from the Cloggies winning the final stage into Paris and coming 1st loser in MasterChef last night. No change in the bottom 6 apart from Snicko 5 replacing Dai the Kilt at the bottom. Snicko is the owner of the Hearththrobs teams, can he bookend this years competition?

Green Jersey

Next points added were the green jersey points. No change in the position of the top 2 but with Superfish having Matthews and Heartthrobs01 having the useless Bouhanni, the gap has closed to just 5 points. These 2 look like our winners with the gap to 3rd spot and JCB growing to over 300 points. Mrs Spunker starts her fall from grace, while Coast2Coasts surge is thwarted and he drops back out of contention. Big mover is SaveTheChildren4 up 69 places into the top 70. Too much too late. No change in the bottom 4 with Snicko looking good over Dai the Kilt for the lantern rouge with only the yellow jersey points to go.

Finally onto the Yellow jersey points. There are points for the top 20 in this classification, so this is often where the movers and shakers come to the front. Hearththrobs01 holds on to 1st place from Superfish, a previous winner, but only just, with a slim victory of 17 points after 3 hard weeks. JCB hangs on for 3rd spot. Insignificant biggest mover was MacCardi Saison up 101 places to sneak into 55th! The coveted Lantern Rouge this year goes to Snick 5 who held off a late charge from Ripley 2 to book-end the competition, winning money at both ends. Dai the Kilt faded badely, gaining points to take him out of the prize money.

The team prize is awarded, just like in the tour, for the lowest time of the best 3 riders in your final team against the team of everyone else. This years team prize goes to Charity Fish, the Charity team of Superfish. From being nowhere at the end of the final stage it has been a profitable final reckoning for Superfish. It is funny that the best place team that had the overall winner, Froome, in their team was only 30th.

CharityFish

259:24:41

(Uran, Yates, Caruso)

Coast2Coast

259:39:08

(Bardet, Barguil, Vuillermoz)

Gags05

259:46:47

(Landa, Meintjes, Buchmann)

Mrs Green Machine

260:58:01

(Martin, Mollema, Hardy)

Mat le Chat

261:00:07

(Bardet, Pauwels, Navarro)

So onto the prizes. There were a couple of random position prizes as well. So the full list of prize winners were:

Category

Prize

Team

1st

$180.00

Heartthrobs01

2nd

$90.00

Superfish

3rd

$60.00

JCB

4th

$40.00

Caffeine Junkies

5th

$30.00

Dr M

6th

$20.00

NiDe

7th

$10.00

QV1

5th Last

$10.00

Rainbird

4th Last

$20.00

Pussy

3rd last

$30.00

ELC

2nd Last

$50.00

Ripley 2

Last

$80.00

Snicko 5

51st Place

$10.00

Puffy

102nd Place

$10.00

Gaz

153rd Place

$10.00

Gags07

Leader on Rest day 1

$30.00

Heartthrobs01

2nd place on Rest day 1

$20.00

Mrs Spunker

3rd place on Rest day 1

$10.00

Heartthrobs04

Leader on Rest day 2

$30.00

Heartthrobs04

2nd place on Rest day 2

$20.00

Mrs Spunker

3rd place on Rest day 2

$10.00

Heartthrobs01

Bastille Day 1st points

$30.00

Mrs Trab

Bastille Day 2nd points

$20.00

Angry Ted

Bastille Day 3rd points

$10.00

Stockcarracer Yello

Winner Team Time Trial

$0.00

No TTT this year

Team Prize

$60.00

Charity Fish

Please let me know what your would like me to do with the winnings, donate all or some to charity, give me your bank details so I can transfer, or whatever. So that’s it for another year, time for a rest…

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6 thoughts on “TdF 2017 – The final countdown”

O’Dirty – you have excelled again. I can’t believe how much work goes into all this so a very “hearty” congratulations and thank you from me and my other mates that take part.
I must admit I have enjoyed it a little more this year (and read a few more of your posts than usual) mainly because I’ve featured in almost every one of them – ha, ha.

Whilst I did enjoy my 5 minutes of “fame”, the big winners are your charities.
All of my various winnings go to charity ($340 I think?) … what a fitting end to one of the best tours ever.

And BTW, I lost side bet to The Matador so now I have to buy him dinner and drinks – how on earth did that happen!!

Thanks Snicko, I was really glad that you finally had a good year after being a top contributor for a number of years now. Plus I figured all your winnings go straight back into the pot! Correct $340. One of these days I will find out who you, matador and all the others are that sign up each year. Many thanks to all!